MCP Directory › Gated (Google, Slack, Microsoft) › Gmail
Gmail MCP server
Personal @gmail.com: click Connect in the directory, works. Google Workspace (your company domain): the Workspace admin must mark Claude as trusted under Security > API controls > Manage third-party app access, and on Claude Team/Enterprise an owner must enable the connector first. Pasting the raw URL into another app needs your own Google Cloud OAuth client ID + secret.
Can anyone connect?
Via Claude directory only. The server has a login, but it refuses new app registrations. It works from the Claude connector directory because Anthropic registered Claude with the vendor. Pasting the raw URL into another client will fail, and on company accounts an admin may also have to approve.
Listed by its source as: Gated: someone must approve.
MCP URL
https://gmailmcp.googleapis.com/mcp/v1Add it to Claude
Because new apps are refused, use the directory card: in Claude open Settings, Connectors, Browse connectors, find Gmail and press Connect. The raw URL below is published for reference and for clients the vendor has approved.
Questions
Can anyone connect to the Gmail MCP server?
Via Claude directory only. The server has a login, but it refuses new app registrations. It works from the Claude connector directory because Anthropic registered Claude with the vendor. Pasting the raw URL into another client will fail, and on company accounts an admin may also have to approve.
What is the Gmail MCP URL?
https://gmailmcp.googleapis.com/mcp/v1
What can Claude do with Gmail?
Personal @gmail.com: click Connect in the directory, works. Google Workspace (your company domain): the Workspace admin must mark Claude as trusted under Security > API controls > Manage third-party app access, and on Claude Team/Enterprise an owner must enable the connector first. Pasting the raw URL into another app needs your own Google Cloud OAuth client ID + secret.
How do I add Gmail to Claude?
Use the Claude connector directory card (Settings, Connectors, Browse connectors) because the vendor refuses new app registrations.